FantasyIreland said:
Marvin said:
What kind of partnership would he form with Dzeko
He'll be forming one with Aguero hopefully.
“It’s wrong to think I play without wingers. You can either play with a footballer that gets up and down, a wingback, or one that sticks to the wing. I ask for mobility.”
“I always try to give an attack mobility. It’s much easier for a defender to mark a static number nine. If he’s mobile the defender doesn’t know who to mark, where to position himself or what to do if he loses his position. So I’ve always insisted on this system.”
“My greatest achievement (in Spain) has been to obtain commitment from the players. Here everyone plays the same except Barcelona; we had to ensure commitment to the system because that is always very important to a coach.”
“To play well is to win. I’ve always said that. But you have to consider the manner in which you won. A pragmatic coach is someone who praises the team for time-wasting and drawing fouls and is not interested in the cohesion of the team. I respect that idea. But do I want to play like that? When I am asked about that footballing philosophy, I neither understand it nor do I accept it.”
“Logically, if you have a good defence you usually play well. I can understand why people praise that approach. “
”Tactical systems are useful, but not to win. They can be used to bring a certain mechanical quality to the play, but to win you clearly need the individual skills of the players you have inserted into the system. I personally think that tactics are intelligence applied to the game.”
“My idea is that you can put defenders, midfielders or even a forwards on the wings, the important thing is to occupy the space.
You have to sacrifice a striker, but it is better with two attacking midfielders because they create more fluidity in attack.”
“The best way to do damage to an opponent is to get in behind them through runs from deep. But it is the team performance that wins matches, never the system.”
“The constructive part of the game should always be more important than the destructive part. I don’t like coaches who only play to achieve results. The game concepts related to the creation of good football and entertaining people are crucial to me. My players embrace these concepts and what happens is that end up enjoy playing football in any circumstances”
Think he will play only one Striker
